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G. .B. RISLEY. Machine for Removing Bugs from Potato-Vines.

No. 225,870. Patented 23, 1880.

N-PETERS, PROTO-LITHOGRAPHEH. WASHINGTON, D Q

UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

GOODRIOH E, RISLEY, OF WATERVILLE, NEW YORK.

MACHINE FOR REMOVING BUGS FROM POTATO-VINES.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,870, dated March 23, 1880.

Application filed September 1, 1879. i

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GOODRIOH ELIZUR Ris- LEY, of Waterville, in the county of Oneida. and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Bemoving Bugs from Potato-Vines, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a top view of my improved machine, parts being broken away to show the construction. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same, partly in cross'section, through the broken line a: 00 00, Fig. 1, to show the construction. Fig. 3 is a detail view, showing the hinge-joint of the side frames.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish a new machine for removing bugs from potato vines and catching them, so that they may be readily destroyed.

The invention consists in the combination of the platform provided with end pieces, the frame, the uprights, and the top bar, to form aframe-work to receive the operating parts of the machine; in the combination of a spring with the hinged bars, for holding the paddles down to their work; in the combination of cords or chains and a shaft with the hinged frames and bars and the frame-work of the machine, for regulating the position of the paddles.

A represents a double-inclined, curved, or semi-cylindrical platform, of such a width as to pass between the rows of plants, and which has upright end pieces, B, attached to its ends. To the forward side of the end parts of the forward end piece, B, are attached the rear ends of two side bars, 0, the middle parts and forward ends of which are connected by crossbars 0 0 To the middle part of the forward cross-bar, 0 is attached the lower en dofan upright,D, to which the draft is applied by means of a single-tree, E, or other suitable device.

The upper end of the upright D is attached to the for-ward end of the top bar, F, the rear part of which is attached to uprights G, attached to the centers of the end piece, B, of the platform A.

H is the drivewheel, which is rigidly attached to the shaft I, so as to carry the said shaft 1 with it in its revolution. The journals The shaft I is locked in either position by one or the other of the buttons L, pivoted to the outer side of the bearings of the said shaft, and turned down over its ends.

The beveled-gear wheelKis attached to the forward end of the shaft M, which revolves in bearings attached to the cross-bar c and the arms c' The cross-bar c and the arms 0 are strengthened by the longitudinal bar 0 attached to the cross-bars 0 c To the rear end of the shaftMis attached a bevel-gear wheel, N, into the teeth of which mesh the teeth of the two bevel-gear wheels 0, attached to the inner ends of the two shafts P. The shafts P revolve in bearings attached to the cross-bars of the side frames, Q. The inner ends of the side bars of the two frames Q, are halved, or have bearing-pieces at tached to them, to bring them into line with each other. The inner ends of the two forward side bars of the frames Q, have holes formed through them to receive the shaft M, to which they are hinged. The inner ends of the two rear side bars of the frames Q have holes formed through vthem to receive a bolt, It, which also passes through the front upright, G, or through a block attached to the said upright, or to the front end piece, B, of the platform A.

If desired, sleeves q may be passedthrough the holes in the lower ends of the side bars of the frames Q to receive the shaft M and the bolt R, as shown in Fig. 3.

With this construction the outer ends of the frames Q, may be raised and lowered as may be desired.

To the outer ends ofthe two shafts P are attached two bevel-gear wheels, S, the teeth of which mesh into the teeth of the bevel-gear wheels T, attached to the shafts U. The shafts U revolve in bearings attached to the outer ends of the frames Q. To the rear ends of the shafts U are coupled the forward ends of the shafts V, the rear ends of which revolve in bearings attached to the outer ends of the bars W. The bars W are similar to the side bars of the frames Q, and their inner ends are halved to each other, and have holes formed through them to receive the pin or bolt X, attached to the rear upright, G, or to the rear end piece, B, of the platform A. To each of the two shafts V are attached .four (more or less) bars or arms, Y, to the outer ends of which are attached plates Z, to serve as paddles to knock the bugs off the potato-vines and upon the platform A. The arms Y are slotted longitudinally from their inner ends nearly to their outer ends, so that the parts of the said inner ends may be sprung apart to allow the said ends to receive the shafts V. The shafts V enter the notches in the inner sides of the parts ofthe said arms Y, and the said arms are secured to the said shafts by screws or bolts Y, passed through the inner ends of the said arms Y. The arms Y are so arranged that the paddles Z may strike the vines successively. The arms W are held down, to prevent them and the frames Q from being raised by the action of the paddles upon the potato -vines, by a spring, A, the ends of which rest upon and are connected with the bars W.

To the bars W and the frames Q are attached the outer ends of cords or chains B, the inner ends of which are attached to a shaft, 0. The shaft 0 revolves in bearings attached to the top bar, F, and to its rear end is attached a knob, hand-wheel, or crank, D, for convenience in turning it to raise and lower the pad dles Z, as the height of the potatovines may require.

The shaft 0 is held in any position into which it may be turned by a spring-pawl, E, pivoted to the bearing for the shaft 0, or to some other part of the frame, and which engages with the teeth of a ratched wheel, F, attached to thesaid shaft 0.

To the upper part of the rear upright, G, is attached the middle part of the cross-bar G,

to the ends of which are pivoted orotherwise attached the handles H, which are connected by a round, I, and are supported in place by the braces J.

The frame-work of the machine is designed to be connected by keepers or sleeves and bolts, or in other suitable means, in such a way that the forward part of the machine may be detached and turned over upon the rear part for convenience in carrying it.

K is an upright partition, the front and rear edges of which slide in grooves or along guides formed in or attached to the uprights G, and its lower edge rests upon the middle part of the platform A.

The partition K is designed to prevent the bu gs from being driven across the platform A, and to cause the said. bugs to drop upon the said platform, from which they can be readily removed and destroyed.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of the platform A, pro-.

vided with end pieces, B, the frame 0 0 0 the uprights D G G, and the top bar, F, to form a frame-work to receive the operating parts of the machine, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination of a spring, A, with the hinged bars W, for holding the paddles Z down to their work, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination of cords or chains B and a shaft, 0, with the hinged frames and bars Q, W and the frame-work of the machine,

for regulating the position of the paddles, substantially as herein shown and described.

GOODRIOH ELIZ UR RI-SLEY.

Witnesses:

LINCOLN S. RIsLEY, GEoReE T. CHURCH. 

